Arabs Meet in Cairo to Map Policy on London Parleys

January 18, 1939

CAIRO (Jan. 17)

A conference to map the Arab policy toward the forthcoming British-Arab-Jewish negotiations in London opened here today under the chairmanship of Egyptian Premier Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha, A communique issued after the first-session said there had been “complete understanding” among all delegates. The only Palestine delegates present were Auni Bey Abdul Hadi, exiled secretary of the outlawed Arab Supreme Committee, and Dr. Hussein Khalidi, exiled ex-mayor of Jerusalem. A second session of the conference will be held Thursday,